mounds

英 [maʊndz]

美 [maʊndz]

n.  土墩; 小丘; 小山岗; 一堆; 许多; 大量
mound的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (一)堆;(一)垛
  Amoundof something is a large rounded pile of it.
  1. The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt...
     推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。
  2. The table was a mound of paper and books.
     桌上堆满了文件和书。
• (棒球内场中央高出地面的)投球区土墩
  In baseball, themoundis the raised area where the pitcher stands when he or she throws the ball.

双语例句

• Mounds of oyster shells surround the weathered shacks.
  成堆的牡蛎壳包围着这些久经风吹日晒的木板棚屋。
• Poking through the dark covering are small mounds, probably made of more resistant material.
  通过黑暗覆盖挑逗小土堆，可能更多的材料制成。
• People made mounds of stone, brush, or mud, in water.
  人们用石头线、树枝，或泥土在水中修筑线脚。
• Prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds.
  过去建立土墩祭坛的古老的印地安人。
• Every summer the mounds over the ancient settlement are uncovered and more gems from successive incomers are unearthed.
  每年夏天都有古代聚居点遗址被发现，同时还有更多后续迁入者携带的宝石出土。
• As they look like mounds of earth.
  你看，它们的形状像一个个土墩。
• For one thing, the near-circular mounds weren't formed by molten-rock volcanoes because there are no deposits of volcanic ash or lava nearby.
  一方面，这些近乎圆形的土丘不是由于火山熔岩形成的，因为附近没有火山灰和熔岩构成的沉积层；
• This in turn has caused the plants on the mounds to grow bigger and their roots deeper.
  这反过来使堤坝上的植物长得更大，根扎得更深。
• Walls or mounds used around a stronghold to strengthen it.
  为巩固要塞而在它周围建的围墙或土垛。
• The bulldozers piled up huge mounds of dirt
  推土机堆起一堆一堆的泥土。